[WSIS CS-Plenary] summit - expectations - who's coming...

[Andy Carvin]

> The situation is quite tense when you speak with people in Tunisia about 
> this issue.
> There  is a question that you might clarify for us, since I am not well 
> versed in politics :
> Was Sharon invited by the Tunisian government at the occasion of the WSIS ?
> or
> Is  Sharon planning to come as the head of the Israeli delegation, and 
> Tunisia has nothing to say about it
> since it is a UN summit ?
> I heard the two views in Tunisia, and I could not discern which one was 
> correct ?
> Now, since I feel like walking over a minefield,   lets be clear that
> I am not prepared to discuss on this list whether the fact that Sharon 
> would come is a
> politically, ethically a good/bad thing.

Here's a link to the February 2005 list archive of a news story Robert 
Guerra posted about the invitation:

http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/plenary/2005-February/004869.html


 From my limited Spanish ability, it appears that President Ben Ali 
personally invited Sharon to attend WSIS:

"La oficina presidencial israelí informó hoy que el primer ministro, 
Ariel Sharon, aceptó una invitación a visitar Túnez, cursada en una 
carta enviada personalmente por el presidente Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

El viaje de Sharon constituiría la primera visita oficial de un jefe del 
gobierno de Israel a este país norteafricano, donde se alojó durante 
años la Organización por la Liberación de Palestina (OLP).

Ben Ali invitó al primer ministro israelí para que visite Túnez el 
próximo mes de noviembre durante la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la 
Información (CMSI)."

http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/Article.asp?ID=%7B0B4F69C3-69B9-4A09-B3B3-EE353B3A65F4%7D&language=ES

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